Ref: 54/2012 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the break-up of the concluding colloquium of the Palestine Festival of Literature, which was being held in the ancient al-Bahash Castle in Gaza City, by Palestinian security forces on Wednesday, 09 May 2012. PCHR stresses that this measure constitutes...
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.11 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded. Dozens of civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation. A Palestinian child was wounded by...
April 2012Following disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel has unilaterally and illegally established a so-called “buffer zone”, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders of the Gaza Strip. The precise area designated by Israel as a “buffer zone” is unknown and Israeli...
Ref: 53/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the prevention of the al-Quds satellite channel's crew from carrying out their work at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and their detention by the security officers of Shifa Hospital on Monday, 07 May 2012. PCHR calls upon the Palestinian police...
Ref: 42/2012 On Wednesday, 09 May 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) received Fionnuala Callan, the Deputy Representative of Ireland to the Palestinian National Authority, and Maria Velasco, the Consul of Political Affairs at the Consulate General of Sweden. The two visitors met with Jaber Weshah, PCHR's Deputy Director...
Ref: 41/2012 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights' (PCHR) Democratic Development Unit (DDU) organized three new panel discussions in the context of promoting awareness on human rights and democracy issues in the Palestinian society, in cooperation with local organizations in the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, 09 May 2012, the DDU organized...
Nasser and his daughter Maissa, in one of their tents Nasser Jaber Ismail Abu Said (38) is from a family of refugees and lives in Johr al Dik, a small farming village east of Gaza City. Until 2010, he lived with his parents in their house located approximately 300...
Ref: 41/2012 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights' (PCHR) Democratic Development Unit (DDU) organized three new panel discussions in the context of promoting awareness on human rights and democracy issues in the Palestinian society, in cooperation with local organizations in the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, 09 May 2012, the DDU organized...
Fact Sheet In this fact sheet,[1] which covers the period from 1 March to 30 April 2012, PCHR documented 25 violations perpetrated by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian fishermen, including 10 incidents in which IOF fired at fishermen. Besides, IOF arrested 12 fishermen and confiscated 3 fishing boats...
Ref: 40/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) published its annual report for the year 2011. The report covers the period from 01 January through 31 December 2011. This is the sixteenth report in a series of annual reports that PCHR has published since 1996. The report consists of...
